IT TAKES LEADERSHIP TO DRIVE AN ORGANIZATION FORWARD.

MNRS is a membership run organization. Board and committee members who generously lend MNRS their time, talents, and expertise work alongside our Executive Office staff to maintain the momentum we see today. Our Board of Directors is tireless in their pursuit of ensuring the MNRS is ethical, inclusive, diverse, relevant, and financially sound. We are thankful for the leadership that is represented through our Board of Directors and know that the future is bright for MNRS!

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Sharon Tucker, PhD, APRN-CNS, NC-BC, EBP-C, FNAP, FAAN

President | Term: 2023-2025

Professor & Director
The Ohio State University

Kathleen Buckwalter, PhD, RN, FAAN

Past-President | Term: 2023-2024

Professor of Research & Distinguished Nurse Scientist in Aging
Donald W. Reynolds Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, College of Nursing, OUHSC
Professor Emerita, University of Iowa College of Nursing

Amy Jude Hoffman, PhD, RN, FAAN

Vice President | Term: 2022-2024

Professor and Assistant Dean
The University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing

Diane Von Ah, PhD, RN, FAAN

Treasurer | Term: 2023-2025

Distinguished Professor of Cancer Research, Dean of Cancer Research, Center for Healthy Aging, Self-Management and Complex Care
College of Nursing, The Ohio State University